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Quotes of the Week

"Everyone's a racist. It's part of something we have in
this country, but it's deeper and more virile and more visible and
entrenched in New Orleans than any place I've seen." — Dr. Ed
Blakely, New Orleans' former "recovery czar," in an interview with
Yaou Dou, a student at the University of California-Berkeley.
Asked why he quit his job, the recovery czar said, "My health wasn't
good and, secondly, I had other things I wanted to do and administering
a recovery is not one of them."

"Basically he raped the city. He took us for granted, he
took the money and didn't deliver." — pollster and research
analyst Dr. Silas Lee, referring to Blakely

"Mr. Blakely's tenure at City Hall was a complete
failure. By maligning the people of New Orleans, he is only trying to
cover up his incompetence." — Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu

"The Times-Picayune is the biggest bully in
town." — former city technology chief Greg Meffert in an
interview with Gambit after he was found partially liable in the
crime-camera civil trial last week. Meffert, who called The
Times-Picayune's coverage of him "beyond New York
Post-level," said he intended to sue the paper. On Friday, Meffert,
his wife Linda and business associate Mark St. Pierre were charged in a
federal indictment with 63 counts, including money laundering,
conspiracy, wire fraud, bribery, false statements to FBI agents and
filing false federal tax returns. Among the charges: St. Pierre paid
thousands for the Mefferts' membership in a Carnival krewe.